Sunday, 27 February 2011
New Start
Well I've had this blog for a while now and as you can see it was an epic fail! So taking into consideration how important it is to have a opinion on the internet and the blogosphere network, I am going to try make regular posts and actually use a blog as you should so watch this space ...
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Alexander Mcqueen Dead
British fashion designer Alexander McQueen dead
Posted: 12 February 2010 0104 hrs
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1037002/1/.html
PARIS : British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has died in London, his press office in Paris said Thursday, after media reports said he had apparently committed suicide aged 40.
Emergency services were called to his home in central London but he was pronounced dead at the scene, the reports said, and a British police spokesman said the death was not being treated as suspicious.
A spokeswoman for the bad boy designer, who rapidly built an international reputation for his outrageous creations, said: "Mr McQueen was found dead this morning at his home.
"We're devastated and I hope you understand that out of respect to his family and his colleagues we're not going to be making any further statement," she added.
The death was reported shortly after 10:00 am. Seven hours later, the body was brought out of his home on a stretcher, covered in a red blanket, and loaded into a private ambulance.
McQueen, a four-time winner of the British designer of the year award, was creative director of his own label which was bought out by Gucci and was one of Britain's most lauded fashion designers.
His close friend and fashion icon Isabella Blow killed herself three years ago at the age of 48. She died after telling friends she was going out shopping.
Tributes poured straight away after the death was announced.
Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, said: "Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs.
"His death is the hugest loss to anyone who knew him and for very many who didn't."
Designer Katherine Hamnett said: "He was a genius. What a terrible, tragic waste."
German couture legend Karl Lagerfeld told AFP: "I knew him very little but knew his work, which brought him a lot of success."
"I found his work very interesting and never banal," he added.
"There was always some attraction to death, his designs were sometimes dehumanised," Lagerfeld said.
"Who knows, perhaps after flirting with death too often, death attracts you."
Louise Wilson, one of his teachers at London's St Martin's College of Art and Design, told the BBC: "He was a joy to work with. He was a self-motivated individual. He was a superb cutter.
"In education you open the door, you hope they walk through. He walked through it."
She noted that he designed for all tastes and price levels, including for luggage manufacturer Samsonite and sportswear label Puma. "That's the beauty of his genius, is that he related to everybody," she added.
Born in London's East End into a working-class family -- his father was a taxi driver -- McQueen rose to fame after graduating from St Martin's in 1991.
McQueen cut his teeth as a tailor in Savile Row, where legend has it that he left his distinctive mark -- in the form of hand-written obscenities -- in the lining of a jacket for Prince Charles, heir to the British throne.
After spells with designers Romeo Gigli and Koji Tatsuno, he started his own label and quickly became a controversial figure.
He designed the famous "bumster" trousers, which displayed the cleavage between model's buttocks in a parody of the low-slung trousers worn by workers on London building sites.
He even survived general condemnation over a collection featuring ripped clothing, entitled "Highland Rape", which was the first time anyone had chosen to send supposed rape victims down the catwalk.
After earning the title of best British designer of the Year in 1996, he moved to France, following another Londoner, John Galliano, as chief designer at Givenchy, where he continued to shock.
He toned down his tactics for Paris but enjoyed a further brush with notoriety when he included a disabled amputee model walking on carved wooden legs in a London show.
McQueen's position in the mainstream was assured in 2000, however, when the Gucci Group bought out 51 percent of his label, and the past decade has seen him launch flagship stores in New York, London and Milan.
He had a perfume line, launched his first menswear collection in 2004 and most recently launching a denim-based collection entitled McQ.
His death came days before London fashion week, and ahead of Paris fashion week next month.
- AFP /ls
Posted: 12 February 2010 0104 hrs
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1037002/1/.html
PARIS : British fashion designer Alexander McQueen has died in London, his press office in Paris said Thursday, after media reports said he had apparently committed suicide aged 40.
Emergency services were called to his home in central London but he was pronounced dead at the scene, the reports said, and a British police spokesman said the death was not being treated as suspicious.
A spokeswoman for the bad boy designer, who rapidly built an international reputation for his outrageous creations, said: "Mr McQueen was found dead this morning at his home.
"We're devastated and I hope you understand that out of respect to his family and his colleagues we're not going to be making any further statement," she added.
The death was reported shortly after 10:00 am. Seven hours later, the body was brought out of his home on a stretcher, covered in a red blanket, and loaded into a private ambulance.
McQueen, a four-time winner of the British designer of the year award, was creative director of his own label which was bought out by Gucci and was one of Britain's most lauded fashion designers.
His close friend and fashion icon Isabella Blow killed herself three years ago at the age of 48. She died after telling friends she was going out shopping.
Tributes poured straight away after the death was announced.
Alexandra Shulman, editor of British Vogue, said: "Lee McQueen influenced a whole generation of designers. His brilliant imagination knew no bounds as he conjured up collection after collection of extraordinary designs.
"His death is the hugest loss to anyone who knew him and for very many who didn't."
Designer Katherine Hamnett said: "He was a genius. What a terrible, tragic waste."
German couture legend Karl Lagerfeld told AFP: "I knew him very little but knew his work, which brought him a lot of success."
"I found his work very interesting and never banal," he added.
"There was always some attraction to death, his designs were sometimes dehumanised," Lagerfeld said.
"Who knows, perhaps after flirting with death too often, death attracts you."
Louise Wilson, one of his teachers at London's St Martin's College of Art and Design, told the BBC: "He was a joy to work with. He was a self-motivated individual. He was a superb cutter.
"In education you open the door, you hope they walk through. He walked through it."
She noted that he designed for all tastes and price levels, including for luggage manufacturer Samsonite and sportswear label Puma. "That's the beauty of his genius, is that he related to everybody," she added.
Born in London's East End into a working-class family -- his father was a taxi driver -- McQueen rose to fame after graduating from St Martin's in 1991.
McQueen cut his teeth as a tailor in Savile Row, where legend has it that he left his distinctive mark -- in the form of hand-written obscenities -- in the lining of a jacket for Prince Charles, heir to the British throne.
After spells with designers Romeo Gigli and Koji Tatsuno, he started his own label and quickly became a controversial figure.
He designed the famous "bumster" trousers, which displayed the cleavage between model's buttocks in a parody of the low-slung trousers worn by workers on London building sites.
He even survived general condemnation over a collection featuring ripped clothing, entitled "Highland Rape", which was the first time anyone had chosen to send supposed rape victims down the catwalk.
After earning the title of best British designer of the Year in 1996, he moved to France, following another Londoner, John Galliano, as chief designer at Givenchy, where he continued to shock.
He toned down his tactics for Paris but enjoyed a further brush with notoriety when he included a disabled amputee model walking on carved wooden legs in a London show.
McQueen's position in the mainstream was assured in 2000, however, when the Gucci Group bought out 51 percent of his label, and the past decade has seen him launch flagship stores in New York, London and Milan.
He had a perfume line, launched his first menswear collection in 2004 and most recently launching a denim-based collection entitled McQ.
His death came days before London fashion week, and ahead of Paris fashion week next month.
- AFP /ls
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
Kate Moss Getting Married
Kate Moss is finally going to have her family full. Her boyfriend of two years, Jamie Hince, proposed her on Saturday, which was her 36th birthday.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Finally Somenthing Positive for The Pear Shape
Carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for your health, protecting against heart and metabolic problems, UK experts have said.
Hip fat mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries clogging, they say.
Big behinds are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection, the Oxford team said.
Science could look to deliberately increase hip fat, they told the International Journal of Obesity.
And in the future, doctors might prescribe ways to redistribute body fat to the hips to protect against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
The researchers said having too little fat around the hips can lead to serious metabolic problems, as occurs in Cushing's syndrome
Evidence shows that fat around the thighs and backside is harder to shift than fat around the waist.
Although this may sound undesirable, it is actually beneficial because when fat is broken down quickly it releases a lot of cytokines which trigger inflammation in the body, say experts.
These cytokines have been linked to cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and diabetes.
Who knew that stubborn weight that wouldnt shift is actually good for you even if you don't think it looks that good . I may well have to change my out look on it :)
Hip fat mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries clogging, they say.
Big behinds are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection, the Oxford team said.
Science could look to deliberately increase hip fat, they told the International Journal of Obesity.
And in the future, doctors might prescribe ways to redistribute body fat to the hips to protect against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes.
The researchers said having too little fat around the hips can lead to serious metabolic problems, as occurs in Cushing's syndrome
Evidence shows that fat around the thighs and backside is harder to shift than fat around the waist.
Although this may sound undesirable, it is actually beneficial because when fat is broken down quickly it releases a lot of cytokines which trigger inflammation in the body, say experts.
These cytokines have been linked to cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and diabetes.
Who knew that stubborn weight that wouldnt shift is actually good for you even if you don't think it looks that good . I may well have to change my out look on it :)
2010 Faces to Watch
Are these really going to be the up and coming faces of 2010
http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/091222-model-faces-to-watch-for-2010/gallery.aspx?Page=1
http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/091222-model-faces-to-watch-for-2010/gallery.aspx?Page=1
Memories and Moments of 2009
Here are some moments as remebered by vogue which I thought caught the memories of 2009 perfectly
-Marc Jacobs’ muses have included Victoria Beckham, Sofia Coppola and Kate Moss but, in August this year, his head was turned by arguably the greatest diva of them all – Miss Piggy. The temperamental – but ever-glamorous – sow was treated to a couture gown designed by Jacobs for the Macy’s Glamorama party in New York
2009 was the year when fashion opened its doors and invited the world in for an inspection. From the fly-on-the-wall look at the inner workings of Vogue in The September Issue, to Valentino’s needling of his partner - Giancarlo Giametti - in The Last Emperor, and from Audrey Tautou as a wide-eyed Coco in Coco Before Chanel to Tom Ford’s directorial debut in A Single Man, this was the year when fashion went celluloid.
-Daphne Guinness earned a well-deserved nod of approval from fashion critics for being the first celebrity to wear Alexander McQueen’s Armadillo shoes on the red carpet, at the party that she hosted with Francois Nars, in New York. We could barely walk in them, so kudos to Daphne for braving the paparazzi in them.
-Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova and Jourdan Dunn. What do they have in common? They all contributed to the gene pool by producing genetically-blessed progeny. A year of model pregnancies and births was summed up when a seven-month-pregnant Dunn boldly walked the Gaultier catwalk in Paris – resplendent in a tortoise-like bump-shell and conical bra
-We all went mad for bunny ears following their appearance in Marc Jacobs' autumn/winter 2009-10 Louis Vuitton show. The designer even sported a pair himself for his CFDA portrait, as did Madonna – who wore hers to the Costume Institute Gala.
-The 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week saw the capital celebrating its unique sense of style, with more shows on the schedule, more big name designers, more parties, more stars on the front row, more gravitas and a new move to the stately Somerset House. Even Anna Wintour was in attendance.
-With bankruptcy and credit crunch headlines taking overriding precedence in the world’s press and a feeling of uncertainty dampening spirits, Vogue decided to host a global event to bring retailers and shoppers together in a bid to boost the economy and remind the world that fashion is fun. In London, shoppers were entertained with instore activities such as Chanel's live photoshoot where Erin O'Connor (left), Laura Bailey and Daisy Lowe worked their modelling magic.
-Graff Jewellry store robbery - On an August afternoon, two smartly dressed men with handguns held up staff and made off with £40 million worth of diamonds, firing shots and taking a Graff staff member hostage to ensure their getaway. Two weeks later, two men were charged with the robbery
-Since First Lady of the United States (or FLOTUS, as she is now known) moved into the White House, she has become one of the most watched fashion figures in the world. With blogs – and now a book – based on her realistic high-meets-low sense of style, Obama has introduced legions of women to the likes of Peter Pilotto, Basso & Brooke (left), Thakoon, Jason Wu, Isabel Toledo - and taught them how to mix them up with high street brands like J.Crew.
-There was a mass homecoming among some of British fashion’s biggest names to mark the 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week. Matthew Williamson, Pringle, Antonio Berardi, Jonathan Saunders and Burberry (left) all returned to London’s catwalks for the spring/summer 2010 shows.
-High street/high end collaborations are nothing new but with Yasmin Le Bon for Wallis, Beth Ditto for Evans, Sonia Rykiel and Jimmy Choo for H&M, Roksanda for Whistles, Jil Sander at Uniqlo and a return to Topshop for both Kate Moss and Christopher Kane, 2009 was the year for designers on the high street.
-The world of fashion has not been immune to the trials of the global recession. Gianfranco Ferré and Yohji Yamamoto filed for bankruptcy protection, while Luella Bartley’s Italian production company closed its doors, leading to her distributor withdrawing its backing and the close of one of the UK’s most loved brands. And Christian Lacroix’s ready-to-wear and haute couture businesses were finally shut down after he failed to find a buyer in time for a November deadline. On a brighter note, Escada finally found a buyer in November
-It was a shrewd move when Central Saint Martins graduate Mark Fast showed his designs could fit into the wardrobes of many a woman at September's London Fashion Week. The designer chose to include size 12 models within his model line-up, demonstrating his work's wearability and popularity with shoppers.
-Marc Jacobs’ muses have included Victoria Beckham, Sofia Coppola and Kate Moss but, in August this year, his head was turned by arguably the greatest diva of them all – Miss Piggy. The temperamental – but ever-glamorous – sow was treated to a couture gown designed by Jacobs for the Macy’s Glamorama party in New York
2009 was the year when fashion opened its doors and invited the world in for an inspection. From the fly-on-the-wall look at the inner workings of Vogue in The September Issue, to Valentino’s needling of his partner - Giancarlo Giametti - in The Last Emperor, and from Audrey Tautou as a wide-eyed Coco in Coco Before Chanel to Tom Ford’s directorial debut in A Single Man, this was the year when fashion went celluloid.
-Daphne Guinness earned a well-deserved nod of approval from fashion critics for being the first celebrity to wear Alexander McQueen’s Armadillo shoes on the red carpet, at the party that she hosted with Francois Nars, in New York. We could barely walk in them, so kudos to Daphne for braving the paparazzi in them.
-Adriana Lima, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bundchen, Karolina Kurkova and Jourdan Dunn. What do they have in common? They all contributed to the gene pool by producing genetically-blessed progeny. A year of model pregnancies and births was summed up when a seven-month-pregnant Dunn boldly walked the Gaultier catwalk in Paris – resplendent in a tortoise-like bump-shell and conical bra
-We all went mad for bunny ears following their appearance in Marc Jacobs' autumn/winter 2009-10 Louis Vuitton show. The designer even sported a pair himself for his CFDA portrait, as did Madonna – who wore hers to the Costume Institute Gala.
-The 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week saw the capital celebrating its unique sense of style, with more shows on the schedule, more big name designers, more parties, more stars on the front row, more gravitas and a new move to the stately Somerset House. Even Anna Wintour was in attendance.
-With bankruptcy and credit crunch headlines taking overriding precedence in the world’s press and a feeling of uncertainty dampening spirits, Vogue decided to host a global event to bring retailers and shoppers together in a bid to boost the economy and remind the world that fashion is fun. In London, shoppers were entertained with instore activities such as Chanel's live photoshoot where Erin O'Connor (left), Laura Bailey and Daisy Lowe worked their modelling magic.
-Graff Jewellry store robbery - On an August afternoon, two smartly dressed men with handguns held up staff and made off with £40 million worth of diamonds, firing shots and taking a Graff staff member hostage to ensure their getaway. Two weeks later, two men were charged with the robbery
-Since First Lady of the United States (or FLOTUS, as she is now known) moved into the White House, she has become one of the most watched fashion figures in the world. With blogs – and now a book – based on her realistic high-meets-low sense of style, Obama has introduced legions of women to the likes of Peter Pilotto, Basso & Brooke (left), Thakoon, Jason Wu, Isabel Toledo - and taught them how to mix them up with high street brands like J.Crew.
-There was a mass homecoming among some of British fashion’s biggest names to mark the 25th anniversary of London Fashion Week. Matthew Williamson, Pringle, Antonio Berardi, Jonathan Saunders and Burberry (left) all returned to London’s catwalks for the spring/summer 2010 shows.
-High street/high end collaborations are nothing new but with Yasmin Le Bon for Wallis, Beth Ditto for Evans, Sonia Rykiel and Jimmy Choo for H&M, Roksanda for Whistles, Jil Sander at Uniqlo and a return to Topshop for both Kate Moss and Christopher Kane, 2009 was the year for designers on the high street.
-The world of fashion has not been immune to the trials of the global recession. Gianfranco Ferré and Yohji Yamamoto filed for bankruptcy protection, while Luella Bartley’s Italian production company closed its doors, leading to her distributor withdrawing its backing and the close of one of the UK’s most loved brands. And Christian Lacroix’s ready-to-wear and haute couture businesses were finally shut down after he failed to find a buyer in time for a November deadline. On a brighter note, Escada finally found a buyer in November
-It was a shrewd move when Central Saint Martins graduate Mark Fast showed his designs could fit into the wardrobes of many a woman at September's London Fashion Week. The designer chose to include size 12 models within his model line-up, demonstrating his work's wearability and popularity with shoppers.
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